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Porter, Joanne E.; Dabkowski, Elissa; Prokopiv, Val; Missen, Karen; Barbagallo, Michael; James, Michelle – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2023
This review explored the impact of physical literacy programs designed to engage two- to five-year-old preschool children. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) was used. Six EBSCO host databases were searched for the period 2011 to April 2021 using the search terms "physical literacy,"…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Physical Education, Multiple Literacies, Literature Reviews
Porter, Michael J. – 1979
This discussion of agenda setting reviews early theories of mass communication and traces the beginnings of agenda setting theory to the 1968 United States presidential campaign, during which researchers found a high correlation between what the media were saying about issues and what the people thought were important issues. The results of more…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Mass Media, Media Research, News Media
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Foster, E. Michael; Porter, Michele M.; Ayers, Tim S.; Kaplan, Debra L.; Sandler, Irwin – Evaluation Review, 2007
The goal of this article is to improve the practice and reporting of cost estimates of prevention programs. It reviews the steps in estimating the costs of an intervention and the principles that should guide estimation. The authors then review prior efforts to estimate intervention costs using a sample of well-known but diverse studies. Finally,…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Costs, Computation
2002
This document contains three papers from a symposium on recruitment and training. "College Choice: The State of Marketing and Effective Student Recruitment Strategies" (Fredrick Muyia Nafukho, Michael F. Burnett) reports on a study of the recruitment strategies used by Louisiana State University's admissions office and College of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Advertising, College Choice, Colleges
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Birman, Beatrice F.; Desimone, Laura; Porter, Andrew C.; Garet, Michael S. – Educational Leadership, 2000
By studying survey data from 1,000 teachers participating in a Title II workshop, researchers identified three structural features (form, duration, and collective participation) that set a proper context for professional development. Three core features of professional-development learning experience include content focus, active learning, and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities